Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support inventions 11/07

20070277027 - System comprising electronic device and external device storing boot code for booting system: An electronic information system comprises an external storage device and an application processor. The external storage device stores boot code and the application processor is adapted to receive the boot code from the external storage device and to perform a system booting operation during a power-up operation by executing the... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20070277028 - Method and system for recovery from reprogramming failures in nonvolatile memory: A method of reprogramming a nonvolatile memory is disclosed. The nonvolatile memory includes a plurality of sectors, including a backup sector. The method includes saving original backup sector memory contents of a backup sector. The method further includes storing a boot sequence in the backup sector. The method also includes... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070277029 - System and method for installing system manufacturer provided software: A system and method of selectively installing software onto a computer system which includes reading a configuration file that contains computer system information, determining an encryption key from data contained in the configuration file, and deciphering data stored on a nonvolatile storage device using the encryption key. The computer system... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070277030 - Set of equipment for secure direct information transfer over the internet: A set of equipment for secure direct information transfer over the Internet contains information transmitting terminal devices for collaborating with an information forwarding network, taking part in the information traffic. The individual information transmitting terminal devices are equipped with a sender partial unit, a receiver partial unit and a storage... Agent: Joseph G. Seeber

20070277031 - Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection: The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only in authorized ways, and maintain the integrity, availability, and/or confidentiality of the information.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070277032 - Methods and systems for secure shared smartcard access: An embodiment generally relates to a method of accessing a secure computer. The method includes capturing an authentication state of a security token in response to a verification of user authentication information. The method also includes providing the authentication state to at least one application requiring authentication with the security... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20070277033 - Method for re-imaging a computer system: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for re-imaging a computer system. In one example, a method is provided for replacing an active system of a computer with a new image. The method may include copying files from the new image into a re-imaging directory on the active... Agent: Timothy F. Bliss

20070277034 - Multi-level security systems: Techniques are disclosed for improving multi-level security (“MLS”) in computing systems. Communication between MLS systems in the prior art requires explicitly tagging each packet with its security classification. The packet tags comprise variable-length bit patterns inserted into packet headers. This results in a number of drawbacks, including increased path length... Agent: Marcia L. Doubet Law Firm

20070277035 - Encryption method for secure packet transmission: Methods are provided for securely transmitting a packet between endpoints of a network. In one aspect, there is provided a method for establishing an end-to-end key using extant hop-by-hop security associations. In a second aspect, there is provided a method in which a packet-specific encryption key PEK is used to... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator - Room 3j-219

20070277036 - Intelligent data storage and processing using fpga devices: A data storage and retrieval device and method is disclosed. The device includes at least one magnetic storage medium configured to store target data and at least one re-configurable logic device comprising an FPGA coupled to the at least one magnetic storage medium and configured to read a continuous stream... Agent: Thompson Coburn LLP Attn: Richard E. Haferkamp

20070277038 - Method for authentication of software within a product: Authentication management of software (22) in a product (28) encompasses trust anchor assignment (66) and trust anchor verification (68). A root public key (40) of a root trust anchor (32) is stored (80) in non-changeable memory (54) in the product (28). A signed operational public key (86) is formed by... Agent: Meschkow & Gresham, P.L.C

20070277041 - Device and method for detecting a manipulation of an information signal: The present invention relates to a device for detecting a manipulation of an information signal, having an extractor for extracting an information signal component characteristic for the information signal from the information signal, an encryptor for encrypting the information signal component to obtain an encrypted signal, and a comparator for... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070277039 - Digital watermark and film mark: A method and system are described for inserting a watermark, including receiving encoded content, receiving a watermark unit and replacing directly a unencrypted and untransformed portion of the encoded content with an alternative value, wherein the alternative value has embedded therein watermark signals. Also described are a method and system... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070277042 - Electronic signing apparatus and methods: Methods, apparatus, including computer program products, and systems implement and use techniques relating to electronic signatures. In one implementation, a one-way hash is calculated for an electronic document and a digital watermark representing the one-way hash is embedded in a signature document. Based on a user input, the signature document... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070277040 - Electronically signing a document: A method of electronically signing a document includes initializing a user, including generating an asymmetric key pair including a private signing key and a public signing key, and storing the private signing key and the public signing key; and providing an electronic signature, including receiving document data corresponding to at... Agent: Ip Strategies

20070277037 - Software component authentication via encrypted embedded self-signatures: This invention applies to software components that interconnect, as in a frameworks, such that only components “certified” by some designated authority can participate, partly or wholly, in the intended operation of the application. The main emphasis is to limit the set of such software components to those that have been... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070277043 - Methods for generating identification values for identifying electronic messages: In a method for generating an identification value for identifying an electronic message by application of a first hash function with fixed compression that compresses n blocks of data into a number of blocks, which is smaller than n, the hash function is repetitively applied in a tree-structure compression of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070277044 - Data support with tan-generator and display: The invention creates a data carrier, in particular chip card, in particular smart card, having a device for generating one-time passwords and having a display for displaying generated one-time passwords. Preferably the data carrier is a Eurocheque card or credit card with the integrated function of an electronic purse (cash... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070277045 - Data processing apparatus and a method for processing data: A data processing apparatus for managing an information file to be utilized when contents are used is provided. The data processing system includes an update information file creator for creating an update information file on the basis of an information file including multiple kinds of data stored in a predetermined... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070277046 - Power management method for information platform: To provide a power management method for an information platform, including: holding system configuration information indicating a correspondence between a logical system and a processing module constituting the logical system; holding power management information indicating a correspondence between information with which a type of the logical system can be specified,... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070277047 - Information handling system including wireless scanning feature: An information handling system (IHS) is provided which includes a system processor and a wireless section coupled to the system processor. While the system processor remains in a reduced power state, the wireless section is operable to be powered up to detect the presence of a wireless network external to... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070277048 - Image processing apparatus, control apparatus thereof, and image processing system: A control apparatus connected to the plurality of image processing apparatuses by way of a network judges whether to apply current to a data processing unit held by the image processing apparatus based on a predetermined current application judging rule and transmits a result of judgment to the image processing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070277050 - Conserving power in processing systems: A network device may comprise an auxiliary processor to conserve the power of the network device. The auxiliary processor may modify one or more definition parameters of the programmable processing unit based on determining that the load value of the programmable processing unit is lower than a threshold value. The... Agent: Intel/blakely

20070277049 - System software for managing power allocation to ethernet ports in the absence of mutually exclusive detection and powering cycles in hardware: A method of allocating power to ports in an Ethernet switch, including: (1) determining the available capacity of a power pool used to supply the ports, (2) assigning a configuration power to each of the ports, (3) selecting a port to be enabled, (4) determining whether the available capacity of... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP Tri-valley Office

20070277051 - Method and apparatus for facilitating device hibernation: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that enables a computing device to save additional power by entering a “hibernation mode,” wherein the active state of the computing device is preserved in non-volatile storage while power to volatile storage is turned off. During operation, the system reanimates a... Agent: Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070277052 - Method and apparatus for resolving clock management issues in emulation involving both interpreted and translated code: Methods and systems for resolving clock management issues in emulation of a target system on a host system are disclosed. A first set of code instructions of a target program is interpreted to generate interpreted code instructions that emulate a first component on the host system. A second set of... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20070277053 - Circuit with asynchronous/synchronous interface: Data is communicated between an asynchronously operating circuit (10) and a clocked operating sub-circuit (16, 17). A data signal is supplied from the asynchronously operating sub-circuit (10) accompanied by a blocking/non blocking control signal. A request signal from the asynchronously operating sub-circuit (10) when the data signal and the control... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070277054 - Control unit: A control unit featuring clocked data transmission between a processor and at least one further circuit, the processor itself outputting the clock pulse. The processor monitors the clock pulse based on the output signals of at least two clock outputs.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070271452 - Method and computer product to increase accuracy of time-based software verification for sensor networks: A recursive verification protocol to reduce the time variance due to delays in the network by putting the subject node at most one hop from the verifier node provides for an efficient manner to test wireless sensor nodes. Since the software signatures are time based, recursive testing will give a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070271451 - System and method for protected spoke to spoke communication using an unprotected computer network: Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems for improved efficiency and security in spoke-to-spoke network communication. Embodiments provide systems and methods for registering a spoke with a hub, updating a hub registration table with spoke registration information, sending the updated hub registration table to a plurality... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070271453 - Identity based flow control of ip traffic: Authentication information of a first node is received which are used for verification of remote nodes' authentication attempts, and a token is received from at least one remote node. Authentication of the at least one remote node is performed based on the token, and, if the authentication is successful, rules... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070271454 - Network communication device security system and method of the same: The present invention discloses a security system. The security system comprises an image capturing device, a network communication device coupled to a user terminal via Internet. The present invention includes a network communication device having one or more external device connecting ports and at least one network port, an image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070271455 - Reproduction control device, gate device, and reproduction control system: With an object of disclosing various techniques for both usage and protection of content, the present invention has an object of providing a playback control apparatus, a position judgment apparatus, and a playback control system that permit playback of content only in one area. In other to achieve the object,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070271456 - Method and system for performing a transaction and for performing a verification of legitimate access to, or use of digital data: A method for performing an electronic transaction is disclosed. The method provides authentication data and authentication software to an electronic device and preferably stored in a secure storage location or other location inaccessible to the user or the operating system of the device. When digital data is requested from a... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070271457 - Techniques for providing security protection in wireless networks by switching modes: Techniques for security protection of a wireless network are provided. An access point is operated in a first mode. The first mode is a mode of operation that allows access to resources of a network. A security event for a client is detected while operating the access point in the... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070271458 - Authenticating a tamper-resistant module in a base station router: The present invention provides a method involving a tamper-resistant module and an authentication server. The method includes receiving, at the tamper-resistant module, information encrypted using a first secret key stored in the authentication server. The method also includes authenticating the authentication server in response to decrypting the information using a... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20070271459 - Context-aware based cryptography: A method, of providing a key pair for secure transmission of data between at least two applications, includes receiving context information relating to the context of the applications. generating a key pair using the provided context information from the applications, and sending the generated key pair to the at least... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20070271460 - Secure communication method and system: A secure communication method and system are provided herein.... Agent: Axios Law Group. PLLC

20070271461 - Method for managing operability of on-chip debug capability: A method for managing operability of an on-chip debug capability (24) in a product (26) configured to execute software (30) includes storing (74, 76) a debug public key (40) and an operational public key (44) in product memory (54). The software (30) with either a debug signature (82) or an... Agent: Meschkow & Gresham, P.L.C

20070271462 - Method to control access between network endpoints based on trust scores calculated from information system component analysis: Signatures are generated for modules in a computer system. The signatures can be assembled into an integrity log. The signatures are compared with signatures in a database in an integrity validator. Once signatures are either validated or invalidated, a trust score can be generated. The trust score can then be... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070271463 - Trusted and secure techniques for item delivery and execution: Documents and other items can be delivered electronically from sender to recipient with a level of trustedness approaching or exceeding that provided by a personal document courier. A trusted electronic go-between can validate, witness and/or archive transactions while, in some cases, actively participating in or directing the transaction. Printed or... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070271464 - Method of sending and validating documents: The invention relates to a method of sending and validating documents using authentication codes and portable verifier elements which can process and store information and which offer a high level of protection against unauthorised readers and writers. The inventinve method is characterised in that the aforementioned authentication code is generated... Agent: Defillo & Associates, Inc.

20070271465 - Method of authentication by challenge-response and picturized-text recognition: A challenge-response authentication and picturized-text recognition method provides protection from sniffer. When a user ask to login, a server generate a string array and a lookup table corresponding to string array and password character. The lookup table is converted to a graph with noise-adding and distorting treatment. The graph is... Agent: Hdsl

20070271466 - Security or authentication system and method using manual input measurements, such as via user manipulation of a computer mouse: A method and system for analyzing user input for security, authentication or other purposes includes displaying an objective for a user to pursue and receiving user input via a user input device as the displayed objective is pursued, wherein the user input includes manual manipulation of a user input device,... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070271467 - Method for making smart cards capable of operating with and without contact: The invention concerns a method for making smart cards capable of operating with or without contact called mixed cards and contactless smart cards. In order to avoid the risk of deteriorating the antenna the method consists in producing an antenna comprising at least two turns, on a support sheet, said... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070271469 - Copy protection method and system for digital media: A copy protection method and a copy protection system are disclosed. The system includes a private key verifier receiving a media certificate that includes a private key identification of a compliant playing device and searching for an actual private key corresponding to the private key identification, an intermediate key decryptor... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070271468 - Method and apparatus for maintaining data integrity when switching between different data protection methods: A method and apparatus are provided for maintaining data integrity when switching between data protection methods. Data and a first protection type information are received. A second protection type information is generated. After generating the second protection type information, the data is checked using the first protection type information. An... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept 917

20070271470 - Upgrading of encryption: A method of upgrading an encryption process for encryption of video information from an old encryption process to a new encryption process, consistent with certain embodiments involves selecting a portion of video content for selective encryption. The selected portion is duplicated to produce first and second copies of the selected... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20070271471 - Data storage device with built-in data protection for ultra sensitive applications: An apparatus comprises a data storage medium; a remote unit; and an authorization unit for encrypting information to be stored on the storage medium and for controlling access to data stored on the data storage medium in response to the access control signals received from the remote unit. A method... Agent: Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon LLP

20070271472 - Secure portable file storage device: A SPFSD comprising content entities stored as sets of storage blocks accessible to block input/output operations, requested by a requestor external to said SPFSD, wherein a storage block is further associated with security attributes not accessible to non authenticated requests and wherein an operation on said block is subject to... Agent: Amiram Grynberg

20070271473 - Method and system for a semiconductor device with multiple voltage sensors and power control of semiconductor device with multiple voltage sensors: Systems and methods for obtaining a more accurate measurement of the voltage on a die in a semiconductor package are disclosed. These systems and methods may utilize two or more voltage sensors on a die to obtain a set of voltages sensed at multiple locations. These sensed voltages may then... Agent: SprinkleIPLaw Group

20070271474 - System and method for disabling an electrical device: The present invention provides a system and method for disabling an electrical device (e.g., that utilizes a data networking protocol such as 802.1X). Specifically, under the present invention, the electrical device is connected to a power socket of a power delivery network via a power bar. When disablement of a... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070271475 - Method and computer program for reducing power consumption of a computing system: In a computing system where multiple servers are connected through a network and one or more jobs are run, a power reduction facility of a supervisory server relocates jobs according to predetermined conditions, thereby reducing the amount of power consumed by the computing system. For relocating the jobs, the power... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070271476 - Usb connection control apparatus and method and data processing apparatus and method using the same: A USB connection control apparatus and method and a data processing apparatus and method using the same, the USB connection control apparatus including a power controller to deactivate or activate a USB connection between a data storage device and an external device by blocking or supplying power to a USB... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070271477 - System and method for throttling power in one or more information handling systems: An information handling system includes support for dynamic power throttling. In one embodiment, an information handling system includes power level detection and power control modules. The power level detection module may monitor power consumption for the information handling system and may automatically transmit power level data to a power level... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. One Shell Plaza

20070271478 - Robust power sequencing management solution for notebook computers: For sequencing of power rails, a plurality of switches, which operate independently of each other, are operable to control delivery of power from an input power rail to an output power rail. The delivery of the power is controlled by a control input. A time delay circuit is operable to... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070271479 - Information processing system: An information processing device having low power consumption without affecting interruption request response speed. The device specifies a waiting time until execution of a given event and makes a system call and includes a first timer circuit for a first cycle; a second timer circuit for a second cycle shorter... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070266231 - Portable electronic device and method for loading resource data of the portable electronic device: A method for loading resource data of a portable electronic device is disclosed. The method includes classifying the resource data into a first data set and a second data set; loading the first data set from a first storage device to a second storage device during a boot-up process; and... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070266232 - Method and system for command interface protection to achieve a secure interface: Aspects of a method and system for command interface protection to achieve a secure interface are provided. A host device may encrypt a command based on a key index generated within the host device, a host device key, a command count, a random number from a slave device, at least... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070266234 - Information processing system: A signature support system includes a local machine (1), a remote machine (2), a document management server (7), and a signature server (8). The remote machine (2) uses terminal services of the local machine (1) to access the document management server (7), and correlates document data with a document ID... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070266236 - Secure network and method of operation: An approach for securely establishing and operating a network is presented. The approach uses a direct connection authentication and a network establishment process where two devices can agree on network properties and characteristics to follow when operating as a network. The approach can also negotiate and follow a predetermined sequence... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070266235 - Electronic mail creation device, electronic mail creation method, electronic mail creation program storage medium, electronic mail sending device, electronic mail sending method, and electronic mail sending program storage medium: There is provided an electronic mail creation device that includes an acceptance unit that accepts a specification of a plurality of destinations including a secret destination and a public destination; a broadcast mail creation unit that creates a broadcast electronic mail by performing encryption processing for sending data not by... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070266233 - Method and apparatus to minimize latency by avoiding small tcp segments in a ssl offload environment: Methods and apparatus for secure network communication in a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) by avoiding small Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) packets are provided. For some embodiments, these small packets may be avoided by adjusting a maximum segment size (MSS) used in transmissions between an encryption engine and a server to... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/cisc

20070266237 - System and method for managing trace of certifications: A certificate server 10, in response to a request from a client 131, extracts certificate data from a certificate database 102 to create a certificate file including print-job log data, and transmit the file to the client 131. The client 131 extracts the print-job log data, creates certificate print data... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070266238 - Internet third-party authentication using electronic tickets: A method, software and apparatus facilitates one or more third-party agents to securely access a customer's or other first party's private personal and financial data or other such confidential information from a second party, preferably on the Internet. A security document or ticket is presented to the second party for... Agent: Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, LLP

20070266239 - Method for providing a cryptographically signed command: The invention provides a method for providing a cryptographically signed command, the command comprising a command name and at least one command argument with generating a cryptographic signature of the command name and composing the cryptographically signed command using the command name, the signature and the at least one command... Agent: Jacob Eisenberg C/o Tom Tom

20070266240 - Processing device constituting an authentication system, authentication system, and the operation method thereof: This comprises a storage that stores second partial authentication data that is part of the authentication data and that is the remainder of the first partial authentication data stored in another device, and second partial processing data that is part of the processing data used when doing the process of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070266241 - System and method for protecting communication devices from denial of service attacks: A system for preventing successful denial of service attacks comprises a first communication device, a second communication device, and a network. The first and second communication devices establish a communication session via the network. Based on various information, such as a pre-shared secret, one of the communication devices determines a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070266242 - Memory device: A memory device includes a storage unit having a decryption key storage section that stores key information for decryption and a data storage section that stores to-be-read data requested from the exterior, and a decryption control unit capable of decrypting an externally input encrypted read instruction and address based on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070266243 - Method and apparatus for efficiently providing location of contents encryption key: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for efficiently providing a location of a contents encryption key. A method of efficiently providing a location of a contents encryption key according to an embodiment of the present invention includes generating metadata containing information regarding a location of a contents encryption key in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070266245 - System and method for inherently secure identification over insecure data communications networks: A method for secure identification of stations connected over data communications networks during a transaction, comprising transmitting, on the part of a first station to a second station, an identification index of a reference cell in a sequence of codes known to both stations and a first code in the... Agent: Albert Josif Modiano & Associati

20070266246 - User authentication method and system for a home network: An external authentication method authenticates access a home network from outside the home network using temporal credential information. The method of authentication for the home network includes requesting a transmission of temporal credential information from the home server for authenticating a user, and receiving the temporal credential information from the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070266244 - Wireless local area network and methods for secure resource reservations for fast roaming: Embodiments of an authorization server and method for securely reserving resources in a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, access points reserve bandwidth thereon through the verification of reservation tokens received from the mobile station.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070266248 - System and method for design-for-manufacturability data encryption: An encryption and decryption interface for integrated circuit (IC) design with design-for-manufacturing (DFM). The interface includes a decryption module embedded in an IC design tool; an encrypted DFM data provided to an IC designer authorized for utilizing the encrypted DFM data; and a private key provided to the IC designer... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070266247 - System and method for exchanging encryption keys between a mobile device and a peripheral output device: Embodiments of a system and method for providing additional security for data being transmitted across a wireless connection that has been established using a known wireless protocol (e.g. Bluetooth) are described. An encryption key is exchanged between a computing device (e.g. a mobile device) and a wireless peripheral output device... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070266249 - Implicit trust of authorship certification: Techniques for establishing implicit trust of authorship certification are provided. A message's domain is validated in response to a valid domain certificate. A message's author is validated in response to an author identification, which is acquired from the message and which is supplied to a domain service of the author.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070266253 - Electronic document management apparatus, electronic document management method, and computer program: An apparatus includes a digital signature verification data embedding unit and a signing unit. The digital signature verification data embedding unit is configured to embed digital signature verification data for use in verification of a digital signature for an electronic document into the electronic document. The signing unit is configured... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070266254 - Local area network certification system and method: The disclosure herein relates to an improved local area network certification system, apparatus, and method. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a certification-based system, apparatus, and method where a certification authority issues and manages a first certification and grants LAN Information Technology Executives and Network Administrators the capacity to request... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20070266252 - Authenticating metadata and embedding metadata in watermarks of media signals: A method of associating metadata with a media signal receives an identifier for the media signal, uses the identifier to look up metadata in a metadata database, validates the metadata by checking attributes of the media signal relative to at least a portion of the metadata to provide validated metadata;... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20070266251 - Circuit arrangement and method for securing communication within communication networks: In one aspect, a circuit arrangement and associated method for the authentication of a network subscriber is provided. A digital certificate is stored as a resource in the P2P network. The data can then be provided for the other network subscriber, when the network subscriber(s) are offline or can not... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070266255 - Identification information embedding apparatus and identification information analysis apparatus: An identification information apparatus detects first and second boundary position information representing boundary positions on a high-order bit side and a low-order bit side of codes formed of components, extracts a colluder group matching with a set of the first and second boundary position information among colluder groups including combinations... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070266250 - Mobile data transmission method and system: In a method for transmitting data between a mobile device, in particular a vehicle, and a data center at least temporarily remote from the first device, wherein data transmission takes place via at least one mobile first transmitter device, and comprises the transmitted data, are authenticated by a cryptographic technique.... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070266256 - Secure time functionality for a wireless device: The present invention is related to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for providing advanced security functions. The WTRU includes trusted platform module (TPM) for performing trusted computing operations; and a secure time component (STC) for providing a secure measurement of a current time. The STC and the TPM are integrated... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070266257 - System and method for blocking unauthorized network log in using stolen password: The authenticity of a website is determined using a unique string of characters known only to the user and the website on each page of the website that is displayed to the user, with a false site being incapable of displaying this unique string of characters, thereby putting the user... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20070266259 - Electronic device and access control method: An electronic device is configured to be able to access to a storage unit having a password-type lock function, and the electronic device includes: a memory unit for storing device information about the electronic device; and a storage driver for controlling access to the storage unit, wherein the storage driver... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070266258 - System and method for remote reset of password and encryption key: A method for securing data and resetting a password using a content protection key is provided, in which the content protection key itself is protected by a password. A content protection key is also protected at a data storage device with a key encryption key generated in collaboration with an... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20070266260 - Apparatus and method of managing security data: An apparatus and method are provided for securely managing security data between a host device and a secure multimedia card. A host device includes an access mode setting unit which sets an access mode for security data that is stored in a secure multimedia card, a transmitting and receiving unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070266261 - Information processor having information dispersing function: An information processor has an information dispersing function, a dividing unit for dividing a first data (DT0) into n pieces of disperse information, and executing secret sharing scheme capable of restoring the first data (DT0) by using arbitrary k pieces (1<k<n) of disperse information out of the n pieces of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070266265 - Method and apparatus for managing power from a sequestered partition of a processing system: A processing system may include a first processing unit for a legacy partition and a second processing unit for a sequestered partition. In one embodiment, a first interrupt handler in the legacy partition may support power management for the first processing unit. A second interrupt handler in the sequestered partition... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070266262 - Current detection for microelectronic devices using source-switched sensors: A method and apparatus for current detection for microelectronic devices using source-switched sensors. An embodiment of a current detector for a microelectronic device includes a first voltage sensor and a second voltage sensor. The first voltage sensor is to measure a first voltage of the microelectronic device during a first... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070266264 - Method and apparatus for managing power in a processing system with multiple partitions: A processing system may include a first processing unit for a first partition and a second processing unit for a second partition. To support power management, an interrupt handler in the processing system may receive a standby command from an operating system. In response to receiving the standby command, the... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070266266 - Power management system: A power management system for a multiple compute component system. The management system enables operational management of individual compute components in two low power states of operation, suspend and hibernate. In addition, the management system enables granular management of power consuming accessories within an individual compute component. When a compute... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20070266263 - Speed adjustment system and method for performing the same: The present invention discloses a speed adjustment system and method for performing the same, which is capable to provide different power saving behaviors adaptive for different applications (e.g. a mobile or a normal configuration) and/or different-corner-process chips. The speed adjustment system includes a reference speed generator for pre-storing multiple reference... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070266267 - Virtual sleep method: First, an application program is executed on a computer, and then a virtual sleep request is received. Next, the configuration of a CPU, built in the computer, is saved to a RAM. Finally, both the processing speed and the core voltage of the CPU are reduced, and the application program... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070266269 - Electronic apparatus and peak power-controlling method related thereto: An electronic apparatus (200) comprises processors (20)-(22), devices (30)-(33), and a peak power-managing unit (10). The peak power-managing unit (10) includes a power information storage unit (11) operable to store a total power consumption value, and a suspended request storage unit (12) operable to store suspended use requests. Each of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070266268 - Power management: A SIMD processor architecture (2) for processing a stream of data vectors is provided, the architecture comprising a processor array (4) comprising a plurality of processors (PE(0), . . . , (PE(N)), each processor ((PE(0), . . . PE(N)) being adapted to process a data element in each vector, the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070266270 - External storage device and power management method for the same: An external storage device includes a media control section (10), a monitoring section (20), an interface section (30) and a power control section (40). The media control section (10) drives a recording media and performs data access to the recording media. The monitoring section (20) monitors whether the data access... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070260865 - Boot control apparatus and method: In one preferred embodiment, a boot control apparatus of an MCU includes a register, a reset signal generating circuit, and a controlling circuit. The register includes a first pin to receive a reset signal output from the reset signal generating circuit, and a second pin to receive a signal output... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070260869 - Apparatus and method for booting a computing device from a nand memory device: Apparatus and methods are provided for booting a computing device from a NAND flash memory. One apparatus includes a NAND memory device including a boot sector configured to store boot code and an FPGA including an internal memory in communication with the NAND memory device. The FPGA is configured to... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070260864 - System and method for checking validities of installing hard disks in a computer: A system for checking validities of installing hard disks in a computer is provided. The system includes: a calling module (10) for calling BIOS interrupt named INT13; a setting module (11) for setting parameters for the INT13; an executing module (12) for clearing partition tables of OS-less hard disks under... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070260868 - Booting an operating system in discrete stages: A computing device is configured to assemble and boot an operating system in stages. A primary boot image is first obtained that includes enough of the operating system to support basic networking. Once the primary boot image is obtained, either through download or from storage on the device, the primary... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070260866 - Selectively unlocking a core root of trust for measurement (crtm): A computer system is provided that comprises a processor and a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) module coupled to the processor. The BIOS module stores a Core Root of Trust for Measurement (CRTM), wherein the CRTM selectively unlocks itself.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070260867 - System executing a fast boot wake-up: A processing system is set forth that includes a processor, read only memory storing an operating system image file accessible by the processor, and random access memory that is also accessible by the processor. The processing system also includes a boot program that is executable by the processor to initialize... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070260870 - Switching between secured media devices: A system, method and apparatus for communication is provided which includes maintaining a primary and a secondary network media devices at substantially similar encryption state, wherein the secondary network media device is a redundant network media device. Similar encryption state may be maintained by copying reception and transmission switchover parameters... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP

20070260871 - Inspecting encrypted communications with end-to-end integrity: Encrypted communications between peers are inspected by a proxy server, for bugs, viruses, malicious software and the like, while the proxy server is prevented from modifying the encrypted communications. A proxy server functioning as a gateway processor between the peers includes a security processor. The security processor is coupled to... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070260872 - Automated electronic messaging encryption system: A system and method of automating the management of public and private key pairs of a sender and recipient of electronic messages over a network and for retrieving public keys of senders or recipients from secured servers, local key rings, PKI server, or Certificate Authority without requiring client-side software or... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20070260873 - Systems and methods that provide external network access from a protected network: A user who is connected to an unprotected network via a protected network is able to browse the Internet without concern that unauthorized code will execute within their local workstation as the result of a vulnerability within the browser executing on a special virtual machine or a browser module. Any... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070260877 - Updating certificate status in a system and method for processing certificates located in a certificate search: A system and method for processing certificates located in a certificate search. Certificates located in a certificate search are processed at a data server (e.g. a mobile data server) coupled to a computing device (e.g. a mobile device) to determine status data that can be used to indicate the status... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070260875 - Method and apparatus for preferred business partner access in public wireless local area networks (lans): A method (and system) of providing preferred access to a service includes linking an authorization server of a service provider with a certification scheme provided by a business enterprise.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070260876 - Method and system for sending secure messages: A user device and method for securely sending messages to a recipient. The device and method initiate a search for a certificate needed to encrypt a message to a particular recipient prior to receiving a send instruction from the user. The device may determine when a user changes the recipients... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20070260874 - System and method for processing certificates located in a certificate search: A system and method for processing certificates located in a certificate search. Certificates located in a certificate search are processed at a data server (e.g. a mobile data server) coupled to a computing device (e.g. a mobile device) to determine status data that can be used to indicate the status... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070260878 - Method and system for lightweight key distribution in a wireless network: The method of distributed key control on the basis of the preliminary key distribution scheme, which method including, besides others, the steps of: forming a unique identifier of mesh-network node; recording the unique identifier into a local memory of the mesh-network node; forming an incidence matrix of the KEDYS scheme... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070260879 - Method of authenticating multicast messages: A method of message authentication in communication networks with multicast-enabled routers or switches is disclosed. The latter are tasked to support the packet source authentication: On reception of a multicast packet, the router attests the authenticity of the sender of the packet, and adds corresponding authentication information to the packet,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070260880 - System and method for the managed security control of processes on a computer system: Managing and controlling the execution of software programs with a computing device to protect the computing device from malicious activities. A protector system implements a two-step process to ensure that software programs do not perform malicious activities which may damage the computing device or other computing resources to which the... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20070260881 - File decryption interface: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate digital rights management in a wireless communication environment. Generally, content (e.g., data files, video images, etc.) can be downloaded and maintained in its encrypted state to ensure protection of digital rights. Consequently, programming applications that utilize such content decrypt the content at the... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070260882 - Method for secure delegation of calculation of a bilinear application: A technique for secure delegation of calculation of a value f(X,Y) of a bilinear application in a computational server. The technique comprises: selection of two secret parameters a and b; calculation of the numbers Xa and Yb; supply of the two numbers Xa and Yb to the computational server; calculation... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070260883 - Personal digital key differentiation for secure transactions: A system and method provide efficient, secure, and highly reliable authentication for transaction processing and/or access control applications. A Personal Digital Key is a portable device carried by an individual that stores one or more profiles (e.g., a biometric profile) in a tamper-proof memory. When multiple PDKs are present at... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070260884 - Method and apparatus for address creation and validation: All nodes within a communication system (100) will create an IP address based on a shared-secret key. The shared-secret key is unique for every node within the communication system and is known only to the node (102) and a server (103). The router (101) can validate that the node (102)... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070260885 - Authenticating a registration request with a mobility key provided to an authenticator: Authenticating a registration request from a mobile node includes an authenticator operable to facilitate a communication session for the mobile node. Access authentication to provide the mobile node access to an Internet Protocol (IP) network is facilitated. A mobility key is obtained from the access authentication. A registration request is... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070260887 - Biometric authentication device and computer product: When first biometric information is read with an ID number, a first authentication unit acquires second biometric information corresponding to the ID number from a first database, and authenticates when the first biometric information matches with the second biometric information. A transferring unit transfers the second biometric information from the... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070260886 - Biometric authentication device having machine-readable-zone (mrz) reading functionality and method for implementing same: A biometric authentication device and associated method for providing authentication information associated to a person. The device receives a live biometric signal and identification information associated to the person. The identification information may be manually provided of may be obtained from a machine readable zone located on a medium carried... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar

20070260888 - Personal digital key initialization and registration for secure transactions: A system and method provide efficient, secure, and highly reliable authentication for transaction processing and/or access control applications. A personal digital key (PDK) is programmed using a trusted programming device to initialize and/or register the PDK for use. In one embodiment, the initialization and registration processes are administered by a... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070260889 - Copy protection system for recording media: A method of reading data from a record medium (2) comprises the steps of: reading a first set of cryptographic data (3A) from a first predetermined storage location of the record medium; reading a second set of cryptographic data (3B) from a second predetermined storage location of the record medium;... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070260891 - Data encryption using a key and moniker for mobile storage media adapted for library storage: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for a data storage library comprising a plurality of drives and a combination bridge controller device adapted to direct and make compatible communication traffic between a client and the plurality of drives. The combination bridge controller device is further adapted to encrypt a first... Agent: Spectra Logic C/o Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20070260890 - Securing leased resources on a computer: Embodiments of the invention provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for securing of leased resources on a computer. In one embodiment of the invention, a computer for securing resources may comprise at least one processor, a plurality of resources, wherein each resource is associated with... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070260892 - System and method for authenticating a power source: Described is a system and method for authenticating a power source. The system comprises a battery including a first encryption engine storing a first key and a computing device including a microcontroller and a second encryption engine storing a second key. When the microcontroller detects a coupling of the battery... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070260893 - Dynamically adapting software for optimal thermal performance: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for optimizing thermal performance of a computer system. Identification of a set of system resources associated with the computer system is performed and a thermal index is requested for each of the set of system resources to... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070260900 - High-performance microprocessor with lower-performance microcontroller in a vehicle network: A system comprises an integrated package including a microcontroller having a vehicle bus controller, e.g., a CAN controller, for communicating directly with a vehicle bus, the microcontroller being always active; and a microprocessor having a communication module for communicating with the microcontroller, and not having a vehicle bus controller for... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070260899 - Mechanism for adaptively adjusting a direct current loadline in a multi-core processor: A central processing unit (CPU) is disclosed. The CPU includes two or more processing cores and a power control unit to regulate voltage applied to the CPU based upon the number of processing cores that are active.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070260902 - Method of and device for detecting cable connection: The detector includes a plug for connecting a personal computer through a cable, a battery power supply which provides a constant power supply, and an MCU which receives a specific potential from the personal computer when the latter is connected.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070260894 - Optimizing thermal performance using feed-back directed optimization: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for optimizing thermal performance of a computer system. A set of system resources associated with the computer system are identified. A thermal index is requested for each of the set of system resources to form a set... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070260897 - Power allocation management in an information handling system: An information handling system includes modular processing resources, each having a main processor, system memory, and preferably a service processor resource. A management resource coupled to a service processor resource evaluates a system power budget and allocates power to a processing resource by indicating a critical power level. The processing... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20070260896 - Power profiling application for managing power allocation in an information handling system: A method, system, and software instructions for allocating power in a information handling system are operable to respond to a power profiling request by transitioning a processing resource to a first power consumption state and obtaining and storing a first power consumption value. The first power consumption value is then... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20070260895 - Selection of processor cores for optimal thermal performance: A computer implemented method, data processing system, computer usable code, and apparatus are provided for optimizing the thermal performance of a computer system. A set of processor cores associated with the computer system are identified. A thermal index is requested for each of the set of processor cores and the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070260901 - System power state broadcast through the use of a bus protocol: A power state broadcast mechanism. A master device may broadcast a message through the use of a protocol to each of one or more slave devices to inform the slave devices of the power state of a computer system. The broadcast message may include a protocol header indicating the start... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070260898 - Voltage regulator with suspend mode: A system is disclosed. The system includes a central processing unit (CPU) to operate in one or more low power sleep states, and a power converter. The power converter includes phase inductors; and one or more power switches to drive the phase inductors. The one or more power switches are... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070260903 - Multimedia reproduction system and control method thereof: A multimedia reproduction system and control method thereof. A plurality of operating modes are associated with a plurality of command sets. The plurality of command sets are mapped to a plurality of control signal subsets. It is determined to which of the command sets a received control signal belongs in... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070260904 - System and method to detect power distribution fault conditions and distribute power to a network attached power device: Power feed circuitry within a power over Ethernet (PoE) device detects fault conditions within power and data distribution lines coupled to the power feed circuitry. This circuitry includes network interface circuitry coupled to the network in order to exchange both data and power signals. The power interface circuitry also communicatively... Agent: Robert Mclauchlan

20070260905 - Wireless controlled wake up: A dongle 4 is attached to a USB port 8 of computer 2 through USB connector 6. The dongle in suspend mode wakes periodically, sends a polling signal, and if it receives a response the dongle enters an active mode. In embodiments, the dongle 4 uses an active scan request... Agent: Francissen Patent Law, P.C.

20070260906 - Clock synchronization method and apparatus: A clock synchronization apparatus; a network having master and slave clocks; and a method of synchronizing clocks are disclosed.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070260907 - Technique to modify a timer: A technique to modify a timer. More particularly, at least one embodiment of the invention relates to a technique to modify a timer value without the timer advancing by a significant amount.... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070255934 - System and method for maintaining multiple information handling system configuration images: Plural information handling system configuration setting restore points stored in non-volatile memory are selectable by an end user for use in booting an information handling system. For example, the configuration setting restore points include basic default settings having known safe values, factory default settings used at shipment of the system... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070255935 - Tracing through reset: A method of tracing a data processor upon reset of the data processor. A data processor reset signal resets the data processor, part of trace collection hardware and does not reset remaining parts of trace collection hardware. The data processor reset signal may be not owned, owned by an application... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070255937 - Basic input / output system (bios) set-value access method: A basic input/output system set-values access method, using the following steps: ascertaining it is indeed required to proceed with a basic input/output system set-value adjustment operation; adjusting more than one of the set-values of the basic input/output system; ascertaining the completion of the adjustment of all the set-values required; obtaining... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070255936 - Bios configuration update technique: The present BIOS configuration update technique allows a system administrator the ability to remotely configure a set of computing systems from various manufacturers from a single administrator console. A BIOS configuration description is used for defining hardware settings within the computing system. The BIOS configuration description may pre-define a schema... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070255938 - Media transfer system and method: A media transfer system comprises a computer device having a quick-transfer media interface and a reduced operating system executable in response to actuation of the quick-transfer media interface, the reduced operating system configured to automatically launch a media transfer module to facilitate transfer media content from a media card to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070255939 - Methods, device, mobile terminal and computer program product for decoupling hardware settings from software: A device for decoupling hardware settings from software includes a hardware unit and a software module. The hardware unit has a processing element and a memory. The software module is capable of providing hardware settings for configuration of the hardware unit. The software module includes built-in instructions capable of including... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070255940 - Transmitting apparatus and receiving apparatus: A transmitting apparatus includes an encrypting unit operable to encrypt at least one of digital audio information and digital video information to generate encrypted digital AV information, a tool generating unit operable to generate a tool required to decode the encrypted digital AV information, a tool identification information generating unit... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070255941 - Method and system for securing data utilizing reconfigurable logic: A method is provided for securing data sets by dynamically hopping amongst a variety of data encryption and/or manipulation protocols. Such dynamic protocol hopping can be implemented in reconfigurable logic, or some combination of reconfigurable logic and fixed circuitry or software. The encryption and/or manipulation protocol applied to the data... Agent: Anderson Law Group, PLLC

20070255942 - Multi-level secure (mls) information network: A method of enforcing a network security policy including mandatory access control (MAC), discretionary access control (DAC) and integrity control for a secure information network, includes operating a transport guard within a memory partition logically between a protected application running in the partition and a networking stack, and defining ports... Agent: Law Office Of Leo Zucker

20070255943 - Method and system for automating the recovery of a credential store: A system for automating the recovery of a credential store, in which client software generates a temporary key pair based on a new password, and sends client information including the user's name, the public half of the temporary key pair, and the host name of the client computer system to... Agent: Lotus And Rational Software Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20070255944 - Method for remotely authenticating a user: The inventive method for remotely authenticating a user (2) by a provider (1) consists a) in transmitting an identifier (Id) from the user (2) to the provider (1), in determining a code (C) processing rule (R) by the supplier, wherein said code (C) is available to the user (2) and... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070255945 - Facilitating the delivery of security credentials to a network device: A method and system for enabling devices to join secure networks without requiring the devices to be aware of any particular security credential delivery mechanism or to implement multiple security credential delivery mechanisms.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070255946 - Information processing apparatus and authentication method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided with the following a body, an input section configured to input authentication information to the body, authentication means for executing first authentication processing by comparing authentication information input from the input section with first registration information stored in the body,... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070255947 - Methods and systems for incremental crypto processing of fragmented packets: Methods and systems for providing confidentiality and/or integrity to fragmented packet transmissions, without reassembly of the fragments, across wired and wireless communications networks are disclosed. Encryption of a first fragmented packet can be performed by using an initial encryption state variable and keying material resulting in a first ciphertext fragment... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070255948 - Trusted platform field upgrade system and method: A trusted platform field upgrade system comprises a trusted platform module (TPM) having a volatile memory, the volatile memory having a flag for verifying physical presence in a non-ownership state of the TPM, the TPM configured to enable a field upgrade to the TPM in an operating system (OS) environment... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070255949 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus includes a data reading unit that reads data from a storage device that can store pieces of data, the data reading unit being connectable to the storage device, an input panel that accepts an input a password used to decrypt encrypted data stored in the storage device,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070255953 - Authentication method and apparatus between an internet site and on-line customers using customer-specific streamed audio or video signals: An authentication system and method between an online service provider accessible via public data networks and end users is provided that has an enrollment system allowing end users to define one or several personal sequences of audio or video content, which the online service provider will stream back selectively to... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20070255950 - Storage systems and data storage method: Proposed are a storage system and a data storage method capable of automatically and flexibly changing the redundant destination of data, and verifying the authenticity of data when a system is changed. A primary storage apparatus includes a search unit for searching a secondary storage apparatus for storing the redundant... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070255952 - Session initial protocol identification method: A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) authentication method, sends a request message without authentication information to a server end from a client to request for access; sends back a response message, which contains authentication exchange information and DH authentication response information of the server end when the server end receives the... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070255951 - Token based multi-protocol authentication system and methods: A Token based, multi-Server and multi-protocol authentication system comprising a plurality of Servers employing potentially a plurality of Proof protocols each requiring a Proof of Token presence before accepting login request from a possessor of said Token and a plurality of Token apparatus capable of communicating with said Servers and... Agent: Amiram Grynberg

20070255954 - Method and apparatus for providing an adaptable security level in an electronic communication: A method of communicating in a secure communication system, comprises the steps of assembling a message at a sender, then determining a frame type, and including an indication of the frame type in a header of the message. The message is then sent to a recipient and the frame type... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20070255955 - Tamper resistant module certification authority: Methods and apparati for securely loading one or more computer software applications onto a tamper resistant module (TRM) (107) and for securely deleting one or more applications from the TRM. An embodiment of the invention comprises a method for determining, based at least upon an encrypted personalization data block, whether... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070255956 - Identification information embedding apparatus and identification information analysis apparatus: An identification information apparatus detects first and second boundary position information representing boundary positions on a high-order bit side and a low-order bit side of codes formed of components, extracts a colluder group matching with a set of the first and second boundary position information among colluder groups including combinations... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070255957 - Method and system for secure alert messaging: An alert messaging system and method to securely transmit and receive alert messages via secure connection among one or more messaging servers and at least one client user station using a token-based, one-way handshake mechanism.... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP Patent Department

20070255959 - Communication apparatus and communication method thereof: A communication apparatus having a public key authentication function and a communication method thereof are disclosed. The communication apparatus includes a calculating unit to calculate a first user authentication data for authenticating public information, and a transmitting and receiving unit to transmit the calculated first user authentication data and the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070255958 - Claim transformations for trust relationships: This disclosure relates to the ability to use multiple claim transformation modules in a trust relationship. Claim transformation modules transform a claim or claim set into a transformed claim or claim set for use by a trusted partner and/or application. Multiple claim transformation modules may be given the opportunity to... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070255960 - System and method for validating a network session: A system and method for preventing interception and decryption of information by an unauthorized party when that information is transmitted over a network is provided. A token is used to encrypt one-time password that is different for each network session, to prevent decryption thereof. The encrypted one-time password is returned... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20070255962 - Intelligent encryption key with biometric identification function and operating method for the same: The present invention relates to an intelligent encryption key with biometric identification apparatus and method. Embodiments of the invention include an intelligent encryption key with biometric identification apparatus, comprising a biometric acquisition unit, a processing unit, a storage unit and I/O units. The processing unit is connected to the acquisition... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20070255961 - Systems and methods for coupling a biometric device to a computer: A computer comprising a biometric device communicatively coupled to operational electronics of the computer and the biometric device being physically coupled to a housing of the computer in a non-removable fashion, the biometric device having an operative surface for receiving biometric input. The computer further comprising a mechanism associated with... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070255963 - System and method for biometrically secured, transparent encryption and decryption: A computer program for enabling biometrically secured, transparent encryption and decryption provides a user interface that allows a user to drag and drop files into and out of a secure repository, wherein the program automatically encrypts files transferred into the repository and automatically decrypts files transferred out of the repository.... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070255965 - System and method for content marketplace, drm marketplace, distribution marketplace, and search engine: the dodge city marketplace and search engine: The present invention offers novel and superior means for creating a content marketplace. The present invention allows technology companies to compete to meet and serve the creators' rights. Just as reverse auction systems allow consumers to name their price, with service providers competing to meet the price, the present invention... Agent: Elliot Mcgucken

20070255964 - System and method of implementing security for a docked data processing system: A system, method, and computer-usable medium for detecting movement of a portable computer; comparing the detected movement of the portable computer to a predetermined threshold; determining if the portable computer is coupled to a docking station; and in response to determining the portable computer is coupled to the docking station,... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070255966 - Cryptographic circuit with voltage-based tamper detection and response circuitry: A cryptographic circuit with voltage island-based tamper detection and response is disclosed. The circuit includes a voltage island having at least one monitoring circuit and a first storage area for security parameters. The circuit also includes a second storage area for key storage and management logic to tamper the security... Agent: Dillion & Yudell LLP

20070255967 - Method of controlling operating clock frequency of